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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-22
Change i'm "A Lighthouse.

WAsHISGToN, April 21.-The Light
house Beard gives notice that on or
about May II next. the light and fog
bell at Horn Island light station, Miss.
will be transferred to the structure re-
Gently erected. The new structure il a
two-story frame dwelling. painted white,
with lead color trimmings and green
blinds. surmounted by black Ian
tern 'and is situated on sand
hill. 5,31j feet west southwest.
three-quarters west magnetic from the
old structure. The height of the hight
above mean low water will be "a feet
and it should be- seen in clear weather
from tin. deck of a vessel Is feet above
the sea twelve miles. The approximate
position of the lighthouse. a. taken from
charts of the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, is a. follows: Latitude
3O. 13 Cl3) north: longitude 81. -. II. ~
west The characteristics of the light
and fog bell will remain unchanged
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Comfort for Cigarette smokers.


Anybody who is skeptical in regard To
the assertion that cigarettes ar made from
old cigar stumps can obtain convincing
evidence on the subject 10y taking his
stand ON some prominent street corner
early in the morning. and watching the
youngsters gathering these stumps from
the cutters. a day or two ago man
who was smoking cigarette AT the cor
ner of Madison street and Wabash ave
nue. observed little girl who had accu-
mulated basket nearly full of mutilated
fragments of cigars. and was industrially
adding to the stock.
What do you do with th"s" things,
child?' he inquired.
Sell em Ia the cigarette makers, she
replied: they pay us fifteen ccdts pint
for en-
The man threw away his cigarette,
and if he did not then and there register
VOW never to put one in his mouth
again his face misrepresented him.
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mails and does not appear. Your COM
mittee would also state that the original
slip containing the missing section was
undoubtedly lost between the printers,
the Secretary of the Convention, and the
Engrossing Clerk, but they do not in
tend to say that such loss was intention
al but that it was undoubted-
ly caused by the slips being
accidentally detached and lost
and that its loss was reported by the
committee, who reported the article as
correctly engrossed, when such was ev-
identity not the case.
Your committee would further state,
that after "a full and careful examination
and investigation of all the facts and
circumstances connected with the loss
of the sO-called missing section, they
cannot find any person wholly To blame
in this matter, but that its loss was
simply caused in the hurry and rush of
business and overlooked; that Messrs.
Dorr x Bowen, the printers for
the Convention, who have been so
severely censured and charged with
the Intentional suppression and conceal
ment of the so-called missing section are
certainly not responsible for its omission
i'm the engrossed copy or for any neglect
of the EngrOssing Committee, and are
certainly blameless, and that said
charges, so made by the Times Union,
haye not been sustained. although Mr..
G.. III. Jones, the editor and proprietor,
was invited by your committee to appear
before them in regard to the matter of
the missing section: he has failed and ex-
cused himself from SO doing; that the
Times Union, which published said
grave charges against Messrs. Dorr and
Bowen, did wilfully, and without evil
dence, to I'M ure their good names.
All of which is respectfully submitted
and your committee ask to be discharged
from the consideration of that portion of
the work and duty assigned to- them-
An attempt was made in the Senate
by Senator Bryan, as a member of the
committee, to discredit the report and
moved to strike out all that portion ex-
onerating Messrs. Dorr Il Bowen, but
without giving definite reasons. Mr..
Bryan is the champion of the Bloxham
faction in the caucus and Messrs. Dorr
& Bowen are well known not to have
favored Bloxham's candidacy. Whether
this is accidental, or whether
there is a disposition to punish
these gentlemen for contumacy
is perhaps difficult to determine. The
report was recommitted, after some de
bate, in accordance with motion origi-
nally made by Senator Chandler, and
promptly voted down, but Immediately
recOnsidered under a suspension of the
rules. renewed and passed unanimously.
CHOATE
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NUMBER 3S.
POKER At CHAUTAUQUA.
The Gam" introduced by Two Lively
schoolma'am..
A

Boston Herald.
Mixed up with the furniture carried
out during the recent fire at Chautauuua
was faro layout, seven packs Of cards
and three dice boxes, writes "A cores
pondent from Jamestown " Y. These
iniquitous auNiliaries of worldly life
found their way within the sacred pre-
cincts of Chautauqua in the trunks of
two very interesting women who arrived
last season with party Of Ohio
schoolLla' ans who were attending the
teaches retreat. They engaged the sec
ond floor of a modest cottage on Simpson
avenue, attended the teachers meetings,
slipped wa,ers from the sacred springs.
chewed gum along the sandy shores OF
Galilec. and caIle to ho looked upon as
bright lights i'm the Chautauqua idea The
teachers departed. but the Simpson ave
nue. cottage held its tenants. soon il be-
came noticed that this was favorite re-
sort for gentlemen. but as the girls con
tinued Ia sing the hymns al morning
services and clawcd around among the
mummies and antique vases of the mu-
scum for poetic inspiration, and as the
Young men who visited there had the
regulation degree of ,olemnity and white
nrcktirs. the matter WIS allowed to pass.
Time passed, and George White came
to Chautauqua. lie registered from
Cincinnati. George was handsome, had
money ard fondness for girls. lie met
the fair >choolma ans. and was enter
tanned 10y them at their rooms. soon
atterNard the superintendent Ot the
grounds learned from George that lac
was 500 short on "A quiet game of draw,
and that evening, ~ the last boat drew
up AT the wharf. you might have seen
two fri,kN schoolma ans hustled on
board 10y the superintendent, followed, "A
moment later, Dy two large trunks, and
that was the last hcard Of them until the
tire developed the goods and the story
leaked out
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Is the Carolina Coast Raised.


\ correspondent at the little coast town
of Alligator. y. G.. writes the New Ork
Herald that ''since the earthquake of
August at Charleston, :. c., the tides
have ruled in Tyrrell and Dare counties
at least eight inches lower than ever be
fore. Our oldest people say that the
water in the Alligator river and its tribu-
taries has been lower than they ever saw
it before the August earthquake. The
Herald says III explanation, that of
course. the ocean tidal wave Is a. high
now as il was before the earthquake.
The explanation of the low tides. IL
the elevation of the bed of the river
and the adjacent coast by the seismic
forces. During the present century long
tracts of coast in Chilli and New Zealand
have been raised by earthquake action.
Sir Bartle Frere records the fact that for
three days after the earthquake of 1919,
in the delta Of the Indus, all the canals
drawn from the Fullalee River ceased To
run, indicating a general upheaval of the
lower part of the canal. There Is evil
dence also of some water-courses per
nanently ceasing to flow from the same
cause. 1t Is more likely, however. that
II the Carolina coast has been raised a
few inches by the earthquake of 1886. IL
will gradually sink To its former level.
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The Tide of Immigration.


\ returning tide of prosperity in this
country soon shows itself in AN increase
in immigration. Foreigners do not care
to come here while depression reigns
over the country. and wait either for bet
ter times or for promise Of them. The
increase in the immigrat on during the
past eight months to 22l 400 aS com
pared with l56. .9i2 for the same period
of 1856, il, therefore. significant. and il
an evidence of prosperity ahead. In the
past twenty years immigration has
greatly changed i'm this counry. Then
il was confined almost wholly to the
Irish, Germans ana English who came
to our shores; and il was predicted that
the American people of the future would
be- an Anglo-German race. with a strong
infusio.i of Celtic blood. OF late, how
e, yer. the fame of the United States as "A
country where money IL Ia Ice made
has spread To the uttermOst parts
of the world. and the tide of population
now includes people of every nation.
promising to make the Americans the
most heterogeneous of all known races
The SclaN one immigration. utterly un-
known oIple of decades ago. has
swollen Ia immense proportions, and We
actually receive Ilore immigrants from
Russia to-day than trOL Ireland, while
Bohemia contributes more than France,
Switzerland, the Netherlands and Den
mark together. Italy. too, has become "a
fayorite field of Immigration. Since the
year begun more Italians have come To
this country than Irish. Taking the diff
ferent races the following are Europe :
contributions to the United States in the
past eight months:
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GEN. TWIGGS' SWORDS.
Two Claimants for Them-One Of the
Weapons Valued at $50, 900.

Two Claimants for Them-tDne of the
Weapons Valued at $50, 900.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-The Secretary
of the Treasury has received two claims
for Gen. Twiggs' swords, which were
seized by Gen. Butler in New Orleans i'm
1869. and which are now in the Treas
ury. The claimants are Gen. \. &.
Myers, executor of the late Gen. Twiggs.
who claims them on behalf of his children
and Mrs. Rowena GuedelIa.a "A resident of
London, England, who claims that Gen.
Twiggs gave them To her as an act of
friendship. She was living in New Or
leans at the time of its surrender to the
Union force, and the swords were found
in her possession. She was unmarried AT
that time. and bore the name of
Rowena Florence. The act of Con
gress authorizing the return of the
swords provides that all claims
shall be filed prior to June >, next, and
that they be referred To the Court of
Claims to determine who Is entitled to
the swords. They are three in number.
and are valuable, being inlaid with dia-
monds, rubies and otner precious stones.
One--of them. which was presented to
Gen. Twiggs by Congress for gallantry
in the Mexican war. is valued at so.
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THE ECCLESIASTICAL BILL.
bismarck Wants the Decks Cleared fo
Battle With the Socialists.

Battle With the Socialists
BERLIN. April 3l.-The debate on the
Ecclesiastical hill was h. m in the
Lower House of the Prus sian Diet. to-
day. DIR. Windthorst. the Clerical
leader. declared that the Centre party
would submit To the POpe's wishes and
would vote for the hill a. it passed the
Upper House and without offering the
amendments which the Centre had III
tended to propose as necessary tn the
BILL which was entirely acceptable To
the Catholics of Germany. The Centre
party. DIR. WindthorSt added. would re-
new the fight against the Government if
at any time Catholic interests were af-
fected.
Bismarck declared that if the bill was
rejected he would abandon his office as
President of the Ministry of the seal for
Prussia. and devote his entire time to the
service of the Empire.
AS perhaps" he said, "a hard ex-
ternaI and internal struggle against the
revolutionary party j. imminent. desire
first To settle all unnecessary internal
disputes.
Herr Richter condemned the bill be-
cause the said provisions regarding the
right of confirmation and protest by the
State in eccleSiastical appointments
would ~fromote Servility. He pro-
tested against the action of the
Pope in interfering in elections for mem
bership in the RcichStag-
Bismarck declared that Richter was
more Catholic than the Pope. and added:
1T must L.. admitted that. in
the eyes of Germany. Catholicism
i no foreign institution. The
result of th,. elections would have been
the same with or without the opposition
of Centrists. The result of the election
was not the outcome of anxiety. but an
expression of evaporation at the attitude
of the opposition under Richter. The
point at issue was not to combat a pOliti-
cal group but Ia secure the preservation
of the empire from injury. and that de-
sired to form "A majority for myself
wa, quite natural. All the national
parties should endeavor To meet
tnt Irld a. Tar a. III WAS com Iftllblt- lti
the states rights. This l. feasible by
adopting the present bill a. il has passed
I the. Oberihaus. Notifications will increase
! the Government ariouS task. In all
the phases of the Kulterniphug. | acted
in accordance with my political convic-
tions. The bill comedies nothing that
will endanger the states authority
/ Bismarck then appealed to the mem-
/ bers of the national parties TO not reject
I the bill. The movement was favorable
/ for the conclusion of peace in the IT,
| ligious war that had - long been
wagei in Germany. He declared
that considerable portion of his intiu'
ence in Europe rested on the confidence
manifested in his political honesty by
the representatives IF the German
people
Nirchow opposed the bill as a measure
I tending To strengthen the Pope's hier
( archical power.
Bismarck, in reply To this, observed
that virchow opposed him as a mattel
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THOSE DAKOTA YARNS.
what nr Williams Has Ia say About the
Hurricane stories.
Ipstpn Herald,

Boston Herald,
Hon. G. q. Williams, of Dakota, ar
rived in this city yesterday, and - now
stopping al ~ Bowden street. lie was
asked this morning concerning the weird
s.ories of tor ,adoes in his country, where
whole lumber yards are carried away
and freight ears sail through the air with
the apparrnt buoyancy of the balloon.
Mr. Williams sat back ia his chair ana
laughed until he cried. 1t would hp-
pear to me" he said " that our fertile
minded reporters don't propose 10 be
beaten on anything, even "A hurricane.
Evidently Watertown must be wlped
out by this time suggested the writer,
Yes; fear il will have 10 succumb,
was the roioinder, and Mr. Williams
broke into another tit of laughter. "A
hurricane. hc continued, lin which mo-
chimney was blown down nor building
unroofed il hardly worthy the name.
To be- sure, il il stated that freight cars
were blown out 81 the yards and when
last heard from were travelling in an
aerial flight toward Ge ny.
Where iH Gerry
About thirty-four miles from Water
town. across the COteans, the dividing
ridge between the waters Of the Missis.
sippi and Missouri. II the ears crossed
them they ought Ia be in Boston by tins
time. Seriously speaking, there was no
Doubt high wind and prairie fire
which threatened the town, but 10y a
happy change Of the wind the danger
was ayertrd.'
DO you have high winds ~ Dakoh
in SPRING.
Very often in the springtime, but
can state on my onor that during "A res
idence of five years there ! never saw
building unrOOfed and but one chimney
blown down. / sec in the papers of the
East where an entire town was cleaner
out by fire and millions Of property de-
stroyed elsewhere. Let "A stack OF straw
catch fire ia Dakota and IL LIGHTS up the
eutirs. continent.
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4 strike at Tiffauy.-

New YORK. April 21.-Two hundred
and fifty men refused To acceie to the
terms Of Tiffany x Co. the large silver
smiths of this city. and to-day did not
go to work. The firm posted notices
that after 3 p. m. no man belonging 10
the Union would be recognized "a a I'm
terms. and the others are expected
ion man. Fifty men accepted the
To come To work soon. The whole of the
manufacturing silversmiths in this city
have combined against the Knights
Some of the silversmiths have worked
for Tiffany thirty-five years, and only
went out through intimidation.
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RIDENOTR CONVICTED.
Found Guilty of Murder After On
Hours D.Iiberation nv the Jury.

Found Guilty of Murder After One
Hours DeIiberstion by the Jury.
WINCHESTER, Va, April 21.-The Rid
enour murder ease was given To the jury
this afternoon after "A four hours speech
from the commonwealth Attorney X.
f. Byrd. The jury was out one hour
and then returned verdict of guilty of
murder i'll the first degree, as charged.
The prisoner was considerably agitated,
leaning over first to tEe jailor and
then L. his aged mother, whis-
pering To- each. He soon regained
his usual remarkable composure and
nodded a recognition 10 a friend in the
room. The case has excited great inter
est. the courthouse being crowded dur
ing every one of the fifteen days. 4
motion has been made by the counsel
for the defense for new trial. For in
tricate points of law and number of wit
nessss this is the most interesting case.
except the CluverIus case. in the history
of Virginia
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THE DRAW BAR BROKE.
Three Men Killed by "a Train Accident
Two Fatally Injured; Two Missing.

Three Men Killed by "a Train Accident.
Two Fatally Injured; Two Missing.
EVANSVILLE, IND, April 21.-A horri-
BILE accident occurred on the main line
of the Louisville, Evansville and St
Louis Air Line road yesterday. near
Taswell. i'm which three men were killed
outright. two fatally injured; two others
are still missing. Shortly before the
regular freight train bound east was due.
train composed of fifteen cars. loaded
with cross-ties, was ordered tn side-track
but before the train reached the switch
a freight train arrived and was assisting
the former up the grade. When about
half way, the draw bar pulled out from
one of the cars, and the rear portion of
the train started to back down the grade.
When near the bottom, one of the rear
ears jumped the track, and the remaining
portion OF the rear section piled one ON
another. There We're thirty laborers on
the train at the time of the accident. and
among these the casualties occurred.
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OF principle on all great questions. Il
never. said the Prince described the
May laws as final institution but
always of the laws of combat as is now
the case with the Anti-Socialistic law.
| have solely striven to satisfy the lovers
of peace. never aimed Ia keep por-
tion of my fellow citizens under per
manent pressure.
Won ,iarlach expressed approval of the
bill coupled with a wish that greater in
dependence might be granted the
evangelical church.
The debate was then adjourned until
tomorrow.
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4 steamer in Collision.

BALTIMORE, April 2l.-The steamboat
Mason l.. Weems. running between this
city and points ON the Rappahannock
river. which left here at 30 yesterday
lier schooner Joshua Baker. last night,
off the mouth the Potomac river. One
side of the Weems was badly wrecked.
all the guard and the deck houses and
one wheel having been carried away.
Her hull is said To be injured but little.
The Bay Line steamer Carolina took off
the passengers from the Weems and
brought them back tn Baltimore. None
were injured. The damage il several
thousand dollars.
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They Are Doomed! Doomed Doomed!

Democrats take certain delight in
hearing the Republicans discussing the
question that the Republican party Is
going Ia the bad. IL was with great
pleasure, therefore, that the rising and
way back Democracy read of TIA" diff
Guilty in which the Republicans at the
dinner of the Massachusetts, Club found
themselves to invent some way by which
the party might be saved. Bui there T.
nothing which can save the Republican
party. As an organization IL is essen-
TALLY wicked, and the only hope Of its
members becoming honest men Is to join
the Democratic party.
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Mr. Davis VIII Not speak at ChsrIeston.

CHARLESTON, ;. c., April 2l.-Jeffer-
son Davis has written "A letter expressing
regret that he will not be able To attend
the ceremonies at the unveiling of the
Calhoun Monument here next Tuesday
WAsHINGToN, April 2l.-Secretary
Fairchld has accepted an invitation
To attend the unveiling of the
Calhoun Monument AT Charleston
=. G.. on the 26th inst, and
Will accompany Secretary Lamar on
that occasion. An effort was made to
secure the presence Of the President and
other member of his cabinet but il is not
at all likely that they will b" able to
leave the capitol at that time.
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LONDON. April 2l.-Mr. GoSchen,
Chancellor of the Exchequer. Introduced
the budget in the House of Commons,
this afternoon. From il it appears that
during the last year the expenses of the
government amounted to t90 10000.
and that the revenues reached the same
sum. There has been a saving of e263.-
ooD in the army estimates. and of f34..-
600 in the estimates for the civil service
The revenue obtained by taxes on alco-
holic liquors had decreased el90. 900
while that derived from beer taxes in
creased ei5.0oO. The receipts from wine
taxes had fallen off e93 600 and those from
the tax ON tea had largely increased
Sir William Vernon Harcourt had esti-
mated that the surplus for the year
would be c2j9 900. while il really reached
es.6.O0O.
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LoNDoN. April u. - Mr.. Gladstone
writes that lac does not desire a general
election to Parliament until the English
mind is "a ripe on the Irish question as
the Welsh and Scotch mind i. but
that the time is rapidly advan-
cling. Anyhow" he says. Il am pre-
pared To face anything To defeat Co
ercion. | continue to hope for much
from vigorous action on the part of the
constituents whose representatives in
Parliament have decisive votes ON the
I--IIt.- =
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Merely the Reserves Assembling.

BERLIN, April 20.-The activity shown
i'm military circles during the past few
DAYS and the fact that a large number OF
soldiers have Travelled over the various
railways on route To join their respective
regiments, have given rise to fresh war
rumors and caused much uneasiness. 1t
is semi-oflicially explained, however.
that all this activity is due solely to the
fact that tine reserves have been called
out for the usual spring drill.
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Fatal Railroad Accident.

PrrrsBURG, April 2l.-A heavy coke
train on the Pittsburg, McKeesport and
Youghiogheny road, ran into a large
boulder near Fuller station, 30 miles east
of Pittsburg, about 1 O'Clock this morn
ing, and was sSsssolly wrecked. The fire
man and one brakeman were killed. The
engineer was thrown info the river and
nearly drowned
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4 Hopeful View.

No. George" she said. firmly. but
gently. Il cannot lie your wife. Father
j. old and feeble, and. since mother ;
death. has had no one To care for him
but me- Ii il were otherwise" she went
on in "A lower. softer. sweeteT tone. and
| were free to listen to-but all. no.
she finished. with sigh. lit cannot b..
il cannot be-"
What's the matter with waiting,
dear: responded George. with infinite
tenderness and hope. perhaps the old
man NAV skip soon"
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>.w.paper PubIi.her-' As-oeiation.

NEW YORK April 21.-The Executive
Committee of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association has had a meet
ing here for the purpose of establishing
an office in New York. There were pres
ent Messrs. Singerly. of Philadelphia;
Kaufman. of Washington; Brealy, Of
Detroit; Bryant. of Brooklyn: Butler. of
Buffalo. and Call. Of Boston. Steps Were
taken looking to the putting of the asso-
Citations work into practical operation.
James ;. Metcalfe. formerly of the Buff
faIo Express, was chosen manager of the
New York office.